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Creighton University

Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation

John P Carulli

Randall D Little

Robert R Recker

Mark L Johnson

Richard Giulio Del Mastro

Mark Osborne

The present invention relates to methods and materials used to isolate and detect a high bone mass gene and a corresponding wild-type gene, and mutants thereof. The present invention also relates to the high bone mass gene, the corresponding wild-type gene, and mutants thereof. The genes identified in the present invention are implicated in bone development. The invention also provides nucleic acids, including coding sequences, oligonucleotide primers and probes, proteins, cloning vectors, expression vectors, transformed hosts, methods of developing pharmaceutical compositions, methods of identifying molecules involved in bone development, and methods of diagnosing and treating diseases involved in bone development. In preferred embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods for treating, diagnosing and preventing osteoporosis.

High bone mass gene of 11q13.3

This invention relates to isolated nucleic acids comprising novel genes of a 20 cM region of human chromosome 11q13.3 and the proteins encoded by these genes. Expression vectors and host cells containing these genes or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies to the proteins encoded by these nucleic acids are also included herein.

Human genes of chromosome 11q13.3

High bone mass gene of 1.1q13.3

The present invention relates to methods and materials used to isolate and detect a high bone mass gene and a corresponding wild-type gene, and mutants thereof. The present invention also relates to the high bone mass gene, the corresponding wild-type gene, and mutants thereof The genes identified in the present invention are implicated in bone development. The invention also provides nucleic acids, including coding sequences, oligonucleotide primers and probes, proteins, cloning vectors, expression vectors, transformed hosts, methods of developing pharmaceutical compositions, methods of identifying molecules involved in bone development, and methods of diagnosing and treating diseases involved in bone development. In preferred embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods for treating, diagnosing and preventing osteoporosis.

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